President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham of The Bahamas,
Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados, and Prime Minister Dean Barrow
of Belize to the White House on March 20, 2008. The Bahamas, Barbados, and
Belize are longstanding friends of the United States and countries with
whom we share deep social and familial ties as well as the values of
democracy and respect for human rights. The President looks forward to
discussing a range of issues--including strengthening democracy in the
region, increasing social and trade ties, cooperating on security and
crime, and improving the lives of the region's citizens--with these new
Caribbean leaders, all of whom have been democratically elected within the
past year.